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Direct and indirect (reported) speech worksheets

Free direct and indirect speech exercises with answers: statements, questions, commands and requests, exclamations, and indirect to direct — reported speech worksheets for Class 6 to 10.

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Statements (Class 6–8)Questions (Class 7–9)Commands, requests and exclamations (Class 8–10)Indirect to direct (Class 8–10)

Statements

Class 6–8 · Worksheet 1 · set 21
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  2. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  3. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  4. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  5. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  6. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  7. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  8. He said, “I live here.”
  9. She said, “I may come late.”
  10. Ravi says, “I am busy.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 21
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  2. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  3. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  4. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  5. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  6. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  7. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  8. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  9. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  10. He said to me, “Where do you live?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 21
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  2. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  3. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  4. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  5. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  6. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  7. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  8. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  9. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  10. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 21
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Mother told me not to go out.
  2. He told me that he would come.
  3. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  4. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  5. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  6. He asked me if I was ready.
  7. The boy said that he could not swim.
  8. Riya asked me where I lived.

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Questions

What changes in reported speech?

Usually the tense (one step back), the pronouns, and time and place words (now → then, here → there), and the reporting verb (said to → told / asked).

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